Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer1

M, #940, b. circa December 1814, d. 12 January 1905
Last Edited=1 Feb 2021
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FatherJohann Töpfer2 b. s 1790
     Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer was born circa December 1814 at Trollenhagen (possibly), Trollenhagen (possibly), Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany.3,4,5 He was the son of Johann Töpfer.2

     Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer married Maria Sophia Friederike (Voss) Evert on 3 May 1839 at Ritzerow, Ritzerow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany.6

     Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer married Christiane Luise Sophia Zanzich, daughter of Adolph (Christoph) Zanzig and Augustina (Christina) Mohr, on 20 November 1846 at Ritzerow, Stavenhagen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.7,8,9
     Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer died on 12 January 1905 at Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.10
     His baptismal name was Johann Ernst Friedrich Töpfer.1 As of 7 June 1880,Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer's Rufname ("goes by") name was Ernst Toepfer.3,5 He was a weaver in 1890 at 1109 Walnut, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.11

Locations

emi.7 November 1857Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, to New York on the ship Berg (on the New York side, the ship is called "Oldenbg. Bk (bark) Von Berg")12
imm.12 January 1858New York, New York, New York, USA13,3
cen.4 August 1860Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA14
cen.6 July 1870Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA4
cen.7 June 1880Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA15
cen.5 June 1900Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA3

Children of Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer and Maria Sophia Friederike Voss

  • William Toepfer14 b. c 1841
  • Ernst Joachim Christoph Töpfer16 b. 25 Mar 1844, d. 17 Jun 1845
  • Johann David Friederich Töpfer16,17 b. 25 Mar 1844, d. 30 May 1845

Children of Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer and Christiane Louise (Sophia) Friederike Zanzich

  • Frederick Toepfer18 b. 25 Sep 1847
  • Henry Toepfer18 b. 8 Dec 1849
  • (Friederike) Auguste Elise Caroline Töpfer18,19 b. 18 Nov 1853
  • Louis Toepfer5,4 b. c Jun 1861, d. 1945

Citations

  1. [S9] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1823-1838 Taufen 1839-1852, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069572, vol. 6, p. 273, #106, births 1847.
  2. [S8] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen 1853-1873 Konfirm. 1839-1875 Heiraten 1839-1873 Tote 1839-1861 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1839-1875 (Jürgenstorf) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1874-1876, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069573, p. 60 #132, Trau (marriages) 1846 (Töpfer-Zanzig).
  3. [S220] 1900 US Federal Census (WI, Milwaukee 1802), Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), Ernst Toepfer household, 1109 Walnut St., 9th ward, ED 65, sheet 4B (Anc. image 8/41), dwelling 65, family 64, accessed 31 May 2019; citing NARA microfilm roll T623_1802.
  4. [S64] 1870 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1728, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1870usfedcen/), Ernst Toepfer household (indexed as Court Toepfer), 9th ward, p. 120 (Anc. p. 336B) (Anc. image 120/292), dwell. 919, fam. 1006, accessed 3 Jun 2019; citing Roll M593_1728.
  5. [S162] 1880 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1438, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernst Toepfer household, Milwaukee, ED 129, p. 21 (stamped 28A) (Anc. image 21/69), dwelling 155, family 228, accessed 30 Apr 2019; citing Roll T9_1438; Family History Film: 1255438.
  6. [S8] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen 1853-1873 Konfirm. 1839-1875 Heiraten 1839-1873 Tote 1839-1861 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1839-1875 (Jürgenstorf) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1874-1876, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069573, item 3, vol. 10, marriages 1839, no. 10. Johann Ernst Friederich Töpfer of Ritzerow to Maria Sophia Friederike Evert geb. Voss. Notation about 18 Feb 1838, Friederich Evert zu Ritzerow, possibly Evert's death.
  7. [S8] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen 1853-1873 Konfirm. 1839-1875 Heiraten 1839-1873 Tote 1839-1861 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1839-1875 (Jürgenstorf) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1874-1876, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069573, item 3, vol. 10, p. 60 #132, Trau (marriages) 1846 (Töpfer-Zanzig).
  8. [S220] 1900 US Federal Census (WI, Milwaukee 1802), Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), Ernst Toepfer, 1109 Walnut St., 9th ward, 65, 4B (Anc. image 8/39), 65, 64, next door to a widowed Louis Toepfer, age 38; citing NARA microfilm roll T623_1802.
  9. [S1650] "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 (Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971)", database and images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61229: 2016, Johann Ernst Friedrich Töpfer-Christiane Luise Sophia Zanzich marriage, Evangelische Kirche Stavenhagen (AG. Stavenhagen), FHL film no. 69573, Mecklenburg > Stavenhagen > Taufen, Konfirm, Heiraten u Tote 1839-1876, p. 60 (marriages) 1846, no. 32, image 425/786, viewed 4 Mar 2018, citing parish and military registers.
  10. [S54] "Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907", Index, Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives, Ancestry.com, URL http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4984: 2000, Ernst Toepfer, Volume: 32 Page #: 0411 Reel: 094 Image: 2589 Index Volume: 10 ImageNum: 105376 Sequence #: 390579, citing Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division.
  11. [S90] Milwaukee, Wisconsin Directory, 1889-90 (Milwaukee, WI: Alfred G. Wright Co., http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4749, 1889-1890), Ernst Toepfer. Hereinafter cited as Milwaukee Directory, 1889-90.
  12. [S256] "Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 (Hamburger Passagierlisten)", database and images, Hamburg State Archives, Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068: 2008, Ernst Töpfer with Sophie, Caroline, Fritz, Ferd. and Friederike. Ship Berg, leaving Hamburg 7 Nov 1857 for New York, no meaningful page number, Anc. image 495/517. Fritz, Ferd. and Friederike identified as ages 9, 7, 3, born Ritzerow, kinder, citing Bestand: 373-7 I, VIII (Auswanderungsamt I). Mikrofilmrollen K 1701 - K 2008, S 17363 - S 17383, 13116 - 13183 Staatsarchiv Hamburg.
  13. [S33] "New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957", database and images, National Archives at Washington, D.C., Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488: 2010, Oldenburg bark Von Berg, arrival 12 Jan 1858, Ancestry image 4/10. Listed as E. Topfer; was unable to find the index entry. Others listed are Sophie, Caroline (age 17), Fritz, Ferd, Rike. The writer appears to have freely respelled names; for example, the family above them in the German departure list was Franz Thoms, but here he is Frank Thomas, citing Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Records of the U.S. Customs Service.
  14. [S62] 1860 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1423, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernest Toepfer household (indexed as Tupfe), 9th ward, Milwaukee, pp. 223-4 (829) (image 432) (Anc. images 120-121/166), dwell. 1893, fam. 1962; citing Roll M653_1423.
  15. [S162] 1880 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1438, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernst Toepfer household, Milwaukee, ED 129, p. 21 (stamped 28A) (Anc. image 21/69), dwelling 155, family 228, accessed 28 Nov 2011; citing Roll T9_1438; Family History Film: 1255438.
  16. [S9] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1823-1838 Taufen 1839-1852, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069572, births 1844, p. 147, nos. 45-46 (twins). Ernst Joachim Christoph Töpfer and Johann David Friederich Töpfer.
  17. [S1650] "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 (Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971)", database and images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61229: 2016, Johann David Friederich Töpfer, Evangelische Kirche Stavenhagen (AG. Stavenhagen), FHL film no. 69572, Mecklenburg > Stavenhagen > Taufen, Heiraten u Tote 1823-1852, p. 147, (baptisms) 1844, no. 46, image 507/667, accessed 1 Jun 2019, citing parish and military registers.
  18. [S62] 1860 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1423, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernest Toepfer, 9th ward, Milwaukee, , 223-224 (829) (image 432) (Anc. image 120/166), 1893, 1962; citing Roll M653_1423.
  19. [S8] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen 1853-1873 Konfirm. 1839-1875 Heiraten 1839-1873 Tote 1839-1861 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1839-1875 (Jürgenstorf) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1874-1876, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069573, p. 25, #144, baptisms 1853 (Friederike Auguste Elise Caroline Töpfer).